3 quick ways to post in WordPress via ping.fm and bookmarks

I’m always looking for quicker ways to post on my blogs. Making it quicker and easier to post blogs means more blog posts and less excuses. Any extra time in between post idea and post execution means the odds of the post seeing the light of day is slimmer. Here are 3 quick, 1-click methods of posting quickly on WordPress.

1. Press This Bookmarklet – already conveniently built into WordPress, this allows you to make a browser bookmarklet to quickly post about any page you are currently viewing. You can locate the bookmarklet code by going to the “tools” section of your WordPress blog’s back end. Either drag the link directly into your browser’s bookmark toolbar or create a new bookmark and paste the link url as the bookmark’s link. When you are on a page you want to blog about just click the bookmarklet and a popup window appears with a basic version of the “add a post” screen already populated with the title and link of the page you are writing about. This is super-useful for creating more relevant content on your blog. I’m sure you are always coming across useful webpages, just use the bookmarklet, add a quick description, and submit. You can also create a new category like “quick posts” if you do not want these shorter posts cluttering up your main blog area.
2. New Post Bookmark – if you want to be quickly brought to the full-fledged “add a post” page just bookmark “http://www.[yourblog].com/wp-admin/post-new.php”. This is a simple but useful solution. It is also nice because you may not always want to write about a specific page as in Press This, but it also lets you start writing with one click.
3. Ping.fm Custom URL - if you don’t already use Ping.fm I highly suggest you try it. I won’t go into all the features but basically it allows you to keep all of your social profiles up to date in one shot. I currently have it set up to update about 15 of my sites every time I make a status update, way more realistic than updating each one every time I do anything. Ping added a new feature that lets you update custom (non-socialmedia) sites right from their interface. After you create your Ping profile just add “custom url” and then install this plugin on your WordPress blog. Setup is hassle-free and takes no more than 10min. So now along with updating your social media profiles you can update your blog. Also check out the Posting Groups which allows you to post to, for example, your WordPress blog, your Posterous, and your Tumblr at the same time. Ping also has a nice mobile version that lets you update on the go.

These WordPress posting solutions are not mutually exclusive. Each method has its own benefits depending on the situation you are in at the time. Try them out and comment on how you like them.

Do you have any other methods of posting quickly on WordPress?

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